Management of pediatric ‘cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate’

Management of pediatric ‘cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate’

Case "Cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate" (CICO) is a rare, life-threatening situation. We describe a pediatric case of CICO and highlight some educational points.A 3-year-old boy who collapsed in the bathtub came to our emergency department. On admission, he went into cardiac arrest probably because of an airway obstruction. We judged his condition as CICO and carried out an emergent tracheosto...

“Cannot ventilate cannot Intubate” Newborns

In any event, ventilation of the newborn must be realized with an appropriate technique within the period till the achievement of emergency tracheostomy, provision of successful intubation, or wakening of the newborn. Every anesthesiologist should be wellinformed of and familiar with at least one technique for ensuring transtracheal oxygenation in emergencies. It is also important to have the r...

Emergency Cricothyrotomy: Toward a Safer and More Reliable Rescue Method in "Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate" Situation.

Anesthesiology, V 123 • No 5 995 November 2015 I F oxygenation is difficult due to failed tracheal intubation and difficult ventilation via a facemask after induction of anesthesia, all the major guidelines on “difficult airway management” recommend to insert a supraglottic airway, and if that is ineffective, to gain invasive access to the infraglottic airway (such as cricothyrotomy and tracheo...

Cannot ventilate, difficult to intubate.

EDITOR: We read with interest the letter by Slater and Bhatia [1] and would like to congratulate them on their successful management. We agree that the safest approach for their patient would have been an awake fibreoptic intubation. However, we would like to make a few comments. From the history and picture, it is not clear whether the patient had a prosthesis fitted into the left orbital cavi...

The Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Scenario of Cannot Intubate-Cannot Ventilate